Should May pursue gym battles too?

[FireEmblemPride]

May's appearance in Sinnoh shows us that she possesses the following Pokemon:

Blaziken
Venusaur
Wartortle
Glaceon
Munchlax
Beautifly

And Skitty.

Something tells me she would perform very well pursuing gym battles as well, by virtue of the first four Pokemon alone. Munchlax and Beautifly are no slouches either, as we've seen. She'd probably be able to defeat her father and a majority of the gym leaders in Johto.

 

[Jo-Jo]

May has no interest in doing gym battles whatsoever, and she was so concerned that Ash's 'gym oriented' style would throw off her contest training that she left the group at the end of AG. So, short answer, no.

 

[Piplup]

There's no such a thing as Pokémon that "suit" for Gyms or Contests
All the Pokémon can do both things
May has no interest in Gyms

 

[DashingFox]

Her pokemon are powerful enough to do Gyms but she shows no interest in them and she should stick to doing what she loves.

 

[Cybersai]

She probably won't but she could definitely beat a number of them with her current team.

Blaziken would probably roast through all of Bugsy's Pokemon fairly easily.

 

[Aestivate]

I doubt it'd be her first love, but I can see her battling a gym leader that was a friend... Or possibly her father.

 

[FabuVinny]

I can definately see her battling Norman at some point.

But other than that, Pokémon really can take any role with the right training. Remember the second Kanto contest? That featured a Venusaur as the main rival's Pokémon. Similarly, Combusken has been frequently portrayed as her "only fighter" by the fandom yet it showed that it could be equally used in the appeal round in her last Kanto contest. Her finishing move in the restaurant tag battle shows that she can win on flashiness without the need for basic power.

 

[Cybersai]

Well coordinators still have regular battles outside of Contests all the time, so its not too out of the question.

I just think she won't do it because she's still aiming to beat Solidad, and if she confuses her styles again she'll never beat her.

 

[JB88]

She'll never do it cause she's such a wimp. Way back in Hoenn when she abruptly said she won't do it and do contests instead. "Cute" things like contests attracted her back then.

I just think she won't do it because she's still aiming to beat Solidad, and if she confuses her styles again she'll never beat her.

Or beat her somehow via DEM.

 

[Cybersai]

She'll never do it cause she's such a wimp.

Not doing Gyms makes you a wimp? Why should she be forced to do something she doesn't want to do?

Stupidest post of the year.

 

[PDL]

She easily could if she wanted to, but I'm pretty sure that she has never ever been interested in competing in gyms.

She only wanted to go on a Pokémon journey in the first place as an excuse to travel. Only discovering contests and becoming interested in Pokémon in general a bit later on.

 

[JB88]

Not doing Gyms makes you a wimp? Why should she be forced to do something she doesn't want to do?

Stupidest post of the year.

Hey, relax. I'm no kid here. I just don't like her. We can have a mature conversation about this. I'm not saying she was being forced to. I just hated how she changed her...momentum. Like, she was going somewhere, then she abruptly changed her mind.

Don't call my post stupid. I've seen a lot worse. And not from these forums.